Senator Ted Cruz grew a beard and almost broke the Internet. Liberals are panting over the Texas Republican, saying his hipster facial hair has suddenly rendered him irresistibly hot. And despite their best efforts, they just can’t quit him.

“I have no particular fondness for this subject and it brings me no pleasure to cover it. But as a truth-seeking journalist, I feel I must write what follows: Sen. Ted Cruz’s new beard looks great,” the Slate’s Christina Cauterucci cooed.

Cauterucci — who despises Cruz, as other liberals do — noticed that Cruz had grown a wispy beard over Thanksgiving. At first, she was underwhelmed by the “shadowy, patchy mess,” but had an epiphany last week:

“That all changed…when Cruz showed up in the Senate with a filled-out salt-and-pepper beard, giving his face a defined jawline and its first-ever hints of ruggedness and affability.

The bloated, downy visage of a college debate team showoff is gone. A marginally less insufferable mug has arrived.”

A bipartisan consensus of Twitter users are gushing that Senator Cruz has morphed into a bona fide hottie.

“I know it’s very emotionally confusing, but I for one accept the new, hotter Ted Cruz.”

I know it's very emotionally confusing, but I for one, accept the new hotter, Ted Cruz. It's like he's using a beard to lure unsuspecting victims into his murderous web. #Zodiacpic.twitter.com/ZhydIZkY0b

A lighthearted post- a countdown 'til Ted Cruz goes on his 3 week break & we don't have to see random pix posted of his awful beard! I'm NOT here to debate (see pinned tweet), thanks,& those in the path of winter storm Diego❄️, please be safe & I'm praying for you all! God Bless! pic.twitter.com/iS4OaekTkH

The feud erupted after Carrey — a self-proclaimed socialist millionaire who lives in California — urged his followers to vote for Cruz’s Democrat opponent, Robert Francis O’Rourke — a white man who promotes himself politically as “Beto” O’Rourke.

The “Dumb and Dumber” star’s tweet was accompanied by a cartoon of O’Rourke opening a window curtain as Cruz melts in the sunlight.

Ted Cruz cleverly responded by noting that the joke’s on Jim because vampires are dead, and everyone knows that the dead vote Democrat.